speaking words of love

i know valentine's day is over and that it has been a little over a month that i posted.

life seems to be slipping by these days.

if you are still here reading this lil blog of mine,  i thank you for staying.

this valentine's day i decided to make my boys a heart banner.

one day while at my sister's house this past summer, i picked up one of her books on parenting. the author shared a story on how she decorated her children's rooms for valentine's day. She wrote words of encouragement to her children on hearts and posted them on their door. i thought to myself, what a great idea. far too often i forget to point out how wonderful i think they are. i know it, but do they?

i decided to make this heart banner for each of my boys.

i saw several similar ideas floating around on pinterest.

i chose words that describe qualities that i love about them and stamped them on the front of cut-out hearts. i used scrapbook paper i purchased at michael's.

on the back, i wrote selected bible verses to pray over each of my boys.

my little one especially liked it. he enjoyed reading the words and it also prompted a good conversation about the meaning of each bible verse. He looked forward to reading the new bible verse each day.

at first i thought that these banners might be a bit "girlie" for my boys, but i know that they felt encouraged and most of all loved. It is my hope that my boys learn that they are loved by God.

i just wanted to share with you an amazing book if you are a parent raising young children.

i admit at times parenting is hard! this book is a game changer. you should read it.

* disclaimer, i staged this picture and added the comforter and girlie pillows.

 by no means does my son's room look this girlie. my son would probably not be happy if he knew this was his bed.

give mom some time off during the day and this is what happens.

thanks for visiting.

on being creative

there is something to be said about the need to create.

 i had never really considered it until it was brought to my attention that i should take a class

for a creative outlet.

 at that time, i was {unhappily} working in a position that i had been doing for five years...

it drained the life out of me with monotonous work, no creativity whatsoever...

just lots of counting money and dealing with lots of nonsense...

not fun...i was not happy but the weirdest part was i didn't even know it.

i was drained and had no idea why.

i thank that person for pointing that out to me.

i consider myself a creative person and like to make things and work on projects.

i consider experimenting in the kitchen a creative outlet as well. 

i never had considered photography as a creative outlet until 

hubby bought me a fancy shmancy dslr camera. 

{gotta love the hubby}

i decided to take classes because i was afraid of my new camera 

and i didn't want to take it out of the box.

 i had no clue how to use it and was intimidated by it.

i never realized i would like photography this much.

i start to get antsy now if i don't use my camera after a couple of days.

i take way more pictures that often do not get published on this blog.

so now when i feel ansty, i know what i have to do,

c.r.e.a.t.e

like many of you, i have pinned lots of great projects onto my boards of things i'd like to make

the problem is when? have i actually made anything from my boards?

i am making a decision to create something..

to work on my projects and not neglect that part of me...

i get so much joy out of it, it feeds my soul.

i need to create more often.

so that is it. i am resolving to be more creative... to not wait until the conditions are perfect

until i have all the time in the world or my dishes and laundry are done.

that hasn't been working out for me.

i need to c.r.e.a.t.e on a regular basis.

so here are a few projects on my pinterest board that are waiting for me...

i love this pillow in burlap.

i want to create a gallery wall in my hallway

or this to paint, isn't it cute?

time to get started.

 all images via

watercolor fun

  

i love the color in this picture.

i want to have the boys work on creative fun projects this summer.

the challenge is being a girl, i tend to pick girlie projects.

but dad provides balance by having them work on rockets that they will soon launch together...

such a boy thing.

number two decided to paint a picture for his tata.

tata loves to go fishing. he drew a picture of his tata fishing at the pier.
i just love the bait detail..

i wish i would have taken a picture of the completed masterpiece but i didn't.

i just love to see what they come up with on their own.

now i am off to plan another fun craft for them to work on.

i am thinking a dinosaur garden. i really would like to make a fairy garden 

but again, i am a mother of boys, i need to come to grips with that.

i'll save all the girly-ness for my own projects.

i am looking forward to scouring the garden shops to find jurassic plants :)

wishing you a fun filled weekend,

thanks for stopping by.

new print

i felt crafty this afternoon and i worked on this print

it was something that came to me while i was doing my bible reading
psalm 139:14

i jotted it down in my idea notebook.

as you may remember from this post, i had purchased the frame from home goods.

i was looking for a print for the boys bath.

i really liked the color of the frame. it looks perfect.

 the boys can read it while they are brushing their teeth

and be encouraged!

i think i will make one for my classroom too.

i am slowly working to update the boys bath.

hubby is making a new cabinet and i am looking for a more colorful shower curtain

that is reasonably priced.

wish me luck, some i have seen are super expensive.